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2.27.2006

mardis gras

it bewilders me how christmas can offend so many peopleyet the whole Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras thing slips under the radarI do not mindI do not mind eitherI do not mind RamadanI do not mind Rosh HashanahI don't mind any Hindi holidays even if I can not pronounce themI do not mind the religious holidays from religions I am not familiar withI do not mind the religious holidays from religions I have never heard of

it amuses me that people get all bent out of shape over Christmasin the same way that people started changing the names of things like freedom fries, freedom toast, and freedom kissing... okay no one tried to call it freedom kissingbut you recall the absurditywell...

there is more to this holiday that excessive underage drinking, full frontal nudity for the price of some beads, and the Girls Gone Wild box setyet, people do not know enough to be offendedit does not surprise methe definition does not make mention of what Lent is....this is the fast for forty days...okay... I hardly know myself...

and me....am I giving up anything for lent?nobut... I should give some stuff up for me, for my family, and for my future

it was a year ago that Red Bean closed in Mount Pleasant (dcist)not making it to Fat Tuesday.... which was a sad end for a bar that wanted to give DC some of that New Orleans flavor

seems that Frank Connel has landed on his feetFrank Connell is happy to be back in New Orleansas much as he loves DC... he loves New Orleansin addition to cooking atFrank is starting up his cooking column in the Old Town CrierandFrank is finsihing up a cook bookclearly a man with many hatslike a rubber ball he rebounds pretty well

today/monday a man at work brought in some Mardi Gras beadsit really brightened the mood of the dayI think it increased productivityI know it made me feel more positive at workor was that the post work ride that makes me feel that way?

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